Upholstering-machine.



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UPHULSTERING MACHINE.

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UPHDLSTERING MACHINE.

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UPHOLSTEBING MAGHEHE..

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Ni'rn HERBERT C. JONES, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO lRUDOLPH DEIMEL, OF SAME PLACE.

UPHOLSTERlNG-IVACHENE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,046, dated October 17, 1899. Application filed .l'uly 29, 1899- Serial No. 725,1161 (No model.)

To all whom t 77u14/ concern:

Be it known that I, HERBERT C. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Upholstering-lvlaohines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the production of a machine for making the upholstered tops or covers of couches and other articles of furniture.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of this upholstering-machine- Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the opposite side of said machine. Fig. Sis a plan View. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section on dotted line 0o a: of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view showing the drum removed. Fig. 6 is a sectional View of the upper portion of the drum, illustrating the means of holding the button-sta ples in position. Fig. 7 is a vertical central section of a metallic thimble for guiding the outer end of each of the bntton-stapleholding devices. Fig. Sillnstrates the device for locking the button-holding jaws. Fig. 9 is a side elevation of a portion of the rod whichreciprocates the washer-feeding slides. Fig. 10 is an elevation of the button-holdin g mechanism. Fig. 1l is a side elevation of the same. Fig. l2 is a vertical central section through said mechanism. Fig. 13 illustrates the device for feeding the washers into the path of the button-staples. Fig. 14 shows the means of actuating the feedingslides for said washer-feeding devices. Fig. 'l5 is a connecting-link insaid feeding mechanism: Fig. 16 is a view of the washer-holding magazine for the feeding device, showing the same open for the insertion of washers. Fig. 17 is a transverse section of said washer-holding magazine. Fig. 18 is arclamp for drawing Figs. 19 and 2O are views of the clenching-blocks for the button-staples. Fig. 2l is a view of one of the Washers, and Fig. 22 a side View of a button-staple grasped in the holding-jaws.

Like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In the construction of this machine I provide a supporting-frame A, upon which are formed the table-surfaces A and A2 at opposite ends thereof, the table A at the forward end and the table A2 at the rear end of the machine. Vertical partitions A3 are suspended over the table-surface A', forming a throat A4 between said partitions and said tablesurface, and two chain belts A5 extend along the sides of the table-surface A2. The upper sides of said chain `belts A5 are arranged to travel toward the rear end of the table A2, constituting a carrier for said machine. The chain belts A5 run upon sprockets at the outer ends of the rollers A6 and A7, the latter roller being mounted upon the shaft A8.

A drum B is revolubly mounted in the upper portion of the supporting-frame A, being supported upon the shaft B', and by means of the sliding feather B2 is made rigid with said shaft or free to rotate loosely thereon7 as desired by the operator. The shaft B bears the hand-crank B3, fixed thereon at one of itsends, and the sprocket-wheel B4, fixed on said shaft at its opposite end. The drum B comprises the two end rings B5 and B6, and intermediate said rings its surface is formed into biscuit-molding depressions B7 of rectangular outline. At the corners of said rectangles are provided circular openings BB for the reception of button-staple holders to be later described. Similar' openings are provided at intervals in the end rings B5 and B6. B9 are caps or guards for said buttonstaple-holding devices, and B10 are thimbles for alike purpose.

button-staple holders, and C are the holdingjaws, composed of a single piece of spring material looped intermediate'its ends4 to form the eye C2. Shafts C3 are mounted in the end rings B5 and B6 of the drum B and have the studs C1l rigidly fixed thereto. These studs extend within the eyes C2 of the jaws C, by which arrangement the jaws are verti cally moved, and thus opened and closed by an oscillation of the shaft C3. One of the crank-arms C5 is Iixed on the end of each of said shafts C3 outside of the ring B, the arm of which crank is in segmental form and has the ratchet-teeth C6 upon its peripheral arc. C7 is a crank-handle for each of said crankarms.

C is the body portion oi' one of the several thus at the proper moment releasing the but-- ton-staples from the holding-jaws C. The crank-handle O7is provided for tightening the holding-jaws upon the button-staples when the latter are inserted between said jaws.

Referring to Fig. 5, D are channels in the supporting frame A, provided for the passage of the button-staples when the latter are held in the jaws of their holders and rotated with the drum B. These channels are contracted at a point about midway of their length and are there provided with the wedgeshaped clenching-blocks D. These clenchingblocks are made narrow at their forward ends for separating the points of the staples, merging into the dat surfaces D2 at their upper ends in order to complete the clenching process. Just before encountering the clenchingblocks D the button staple passes through a washer. The mechanism for placing said washer in the path of said staple will be next described.

Referring to Fig. 4: the shaft E is journaled in the supporting-frame A and extends transversely across said frame. Rotary motion is imparted to said shaft by means of the chain beltE passing over the sprocket-wheel B4 and the sprocket E2, the latter being fixed on the shaft E. The shaft E is provided intermediate its ends with the crank E5, and the crank-rod El1 connects said crank with a reciprocating block E5, sliding in the ways E5. A link E7 connects the sliding block E5 with a pivoted angle-lever E8, and this anglelever in turn has a pivotal connection with a reciprocating rod E9. This last-mentioned rod has the upwardly-extending stems E10, each one of which stems has an engagement with each of the four slides for feeding the washers into the paths of the button-staples as the latter are rotated by the drum B. This feed mechanism is illustrated in Fig. 13, E11 being the washer-holding magazine and E12 the slide reciprocated in the guideways E15 by the movement of the stem E10. The slide E12 pushes the washer into the pocket E11 formed for its reception and where it lies until it is picked up by the sharp end of abutton-staple at a point in the loperation of the machine just previous to the clenching of said staple. The washer-holding magazine E11 is severed longitudinally, the parts being hinged together. Washers are inserted in said magazine by opening one side of its cylinder upon its hinges. A spring-actuated follower E15 holds the supply of washers in the magazine upward to be engaged by the feed-slides E12.

Rotary motion is communicated to the shaft AS by means of the chain belt F.

G is a clamp having two hinged members for holding between their adjacent faces the end of the burlap to be drawn through the machine, engaging teeth G preventing the fabric from slipping from between the members of the clamp. Ahook G2 at each end of said clamp engages the. chain belt A5 and causes said clamp to be drawn across the table A2 with said chain belts.

In the operation of this machine a roll of burlap will be mounted at the frontend thereof and a thickness of that fabric drawn into the machine through the Ithroat A1, its end fixed in the clamp G and said clamp secured to the chain belts A5. The sliding feather B2 is drawn outward, permitting the drum B to be rotated freely upon the shaft B. Buttonstaples are set in the holding-jaws C and said jaws clamped and locked upon the heads of said staples by turning the shafts C2 by means of the crank-handle C7, locking them in position by the pawls C5. The covering goods or leather for the upholstering is next placed upon the drum B, letting the sharp buttonstaples puncture the fabric, and hair, moss, or other suitable filling material of an even thickness is placed in the spaces between the vertical partitions A3 upon the burlap in the throat A4. The sliding feather' B2 is pushed inward, locking the drum B rigid with its shaft B', and both are rotated by means of the hand-crank B5. The button-staples on the under side of the drum B puncture the burlap as the drum is rotated and at a certain point enter the central openings of the washers in the pockets E14. A further rotation of the drum B brings the points of the button-staples against the sharp ends of the clenching-blocks D', separating the ends of the staples, and as the rotation continues bending them upward and laterally outward by reason of the Wedging conformation of said clenching-blocks D.

-The flattened face on the end of each of the wedges clenches the sharp ends of the button-staples down flat, completing that operation. The rotation of the drum B moves the chain belts A5 toward the rear of themachine'and at the same time draws the burlap through the throat A4 and under the drum B, carrying with said burlap the hair or other packing placed upon the burlap between the vertical partitions and uniting the burlap to the covering material placed upon the drum, as hereinbefore described, with the packing material between and clenching the two fabrics together by means of the said buttonstaples. l/Vhen the cover has been upholstered, the burlap is cut off, the clamp G affixed tothe end thus formed, a second cover spread upon the drum with the button-staples in place, and the operation of running the two fabrics through the machine repeated. The drum is intended to be large enough to IOS IIO

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accommodate a covering for the longest couchessay about siX feet in circumference.

I claim as my inventionl. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a drum rotatably mounted thereon; holding mechanism supported by said drum, for the means for securing together the materials to be "upholstered, which holding mechanism comprises holding-jaws and an oscillatory shaft for moving said jaws; means for rotating said drum, and for moving said materials upon the supporting-frame; and a stationary wedgeshaped clenching-block in the paths of said securing means, for clenching said securing means as the same travel across the wedging- Asurfaces of said clenching-block.

2. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; adrum rotatably mounted thereon; a series of holders supported by the drum, for the means for securing together the materials to be upholstered, which holders comprise holding-jaws and oscillatory shafts for moving said jaws; means for rotating said drum, and for moving said materials upon the supporting-frame; and a series of stationary wedge-shaped clenchingblocks fixed in the paths of said securing means, for clenching said securing means as the same travel across the wedging-surfaces of said clenching-blocks.

3. In an upholstering-machine,in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; verticalpartitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; a series of holders supported by said drum, for the means for securing together the materials to be upholstered, each of which holders comprises holdin g-j aws;

oscillatory shafts for moving the jaws of said holders; and meansfor rotating said drum, and for moving said materials upon the supporting-frame.

4. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; a series of holders supported by said drum, for the securing means, which holders comprise holding-jaws; an oscillatory shaft for moving said jaws; studs on said shaft; securing means for said shaft; means for rotating said drum; and a series of wedge-shaped clenching-blocks fixed in the paths of said securing means, for clenching said securing means as the same travel across the wedging-surfaces of said clenchingblocks.

5. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; a series of holders for the fastening means, which holders comprise two holding-jaws; an oscillatory shaft mounted in said drum; studs on said shaft for moving said jaws; an arm onsad shaft; aratchet for engaging said arm; a stud on the supportingframe for releasing the engagement of` said ratchet; and means'for rotating said drum.

(5. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; aseries of holders for the securing means, which holders comprise holding-jaws; a series of oscillatory shafts mounted in said drum, for moving said holdingjaws to engage or disengage the securing means; a pawl and ratchet for each of said oscillatory shafts; and a series of stationary wedge-shaped clenching-blocks in the paths of said securing means, for clenching said means as the same travel across the wedgingsurfacesA of said clenching-blocks.

7. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; adrum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; a series of holders for the button-staples,.supported by said drum, each of which holders comprises holding-jaws; a series of' oscillatory shafts; studs on said shafts, for moving said jaws; said supportingframe having a channel for the passage of said button-staples when the drum is rotated; a stationary wed ge-shaped clenching-lolock in the path of said securing means, for olench' ing said securing means as the same travel across the wedging-surfaces of said clenching-block; and means for rotating said drum.

S. In an upholstering-.machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partit-ions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame, which drum has depressions of rectangular outline opon its periphery; a holder for the securing means at the adjacent 'corners of said rectangular depressions, which holder comprises holding-jaws;

a series of oscillatory shafts mounted in said' drum; studs on said shafts, for engaging and moving saidjaws; a pawl and ratchet for each of said shafts; a stud fixed on the supporting-frame, for engaging said pawl; a series of stationary wedge-shaped clenching-blocks in the paths of said securing means, for clenching said securing means as the same travel across the wedging-surfaces of said clenchingblocks; and means for rotating said drum.

9. In anv upholstering-machine, in 'combination,'a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame, which drum has depressions of rectangular outline upon its periphery; a holder for the securing means at each of the adjacent corners of said rectangular depressions, which holders comprise holdingjaws; a series of oscillatory shafts mounted in said drum; studs on said shafts, for engagv ing and moving said holding-jaws, to engage or disengage said securing means; said sup- ICO IIO

porting-frame having channels for said securing means; a stationary wedge-shaped clenching-block fixed at the end of each of said channels, for clenching said securing means as the same travel across the wedging-surfaces of said clenching-blocks; and means for rotating said drum, and moving said materials upon said supporting-frame.

lO. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-fran1e,- which drum has depressions of rectangular outline upon its periphery; holding-jaws for the fastening means at the adjacent corners of said rectangular depressions; a shaft capable of an oscillatory movement mounted in said drum; studs fixed on said shaft, which studs engage said holding-jaws; and means for rotating said drum.

1l. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; a series of holders for the fastening means; means for actuating said holders to engage or disengage said fastening means; said supporting-frame having channels for the passage of the fastening means when said drum is rotated; a clenching-block located at the end of each of said channels; a magazine forholding a number of washers; a feed-slide for projecting said washers into said channel and into the path of said fastening means; and means for rotating said drum and actuating said slide.

12. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame, which drum is provided with a series of holders for the button-staples; means for actuating said holders to engage or disengage said button-staples; said supporting-frame having channels for the passage of said staples when the drum is rotated; a clenching-block at the end of each of said channels; a washer-pocket in each of said channels; a washer-holding magazine; a reciprocatory feed-slide for said magazine; and means for rotating said drum and actuating said feed-slide.

13. In an upholstering-machine, in combination, a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame; a series of holders for the button-staples, which holders comprise two jaws; an oscillatory shaft mounted in said drum, having studs for moving said jaws; an

`arm on said shaft; a pawl for engaging said arm; a stud fixed on the supporting-frame forengaging said pawl; said supporting-frame having channels for the passage of the button-staples when the drum is rotated; clenching-blocks at the ends of said channels; a washer-magazine; an oscillatory feed-slide therefor; a lever for actuating said feed-slide; a chain' belt at the rear end of the supporting-frame for moving the material to be upholstered through the machine; a clamp connected with said chain belt; means for rotating said drum, for actuating said feed-slide and saidchain belt.

14C. In an upholstering-machine; in combination; a supporting-frame; a table-surface thereon; vertical partitions above said tablesurface; a drum rotatably mounted upon the supporting-frame, which drum has depressions of rectangular outline upon its periphery, and also has two rings at its ends; a button-staple holder at the adjacent corners of said rectangular depressions, also at intervals in the periphery of said rings,which holders comprise two holding-jaws; a shaft for said drum; a crank on said shaft; said supporting-frame being provided with channels for the passage of said button-staples when the drum is rotated; a clenching-block at the end of each of said channels; a washer-pocket in the .path of said button-staples; a washermagazine; a reciprocatory slide for feeding said washers into said pocket; a lever for actuating said slide; a crank-shaft; a connectin g-rod between the lever and the crank-shaft; a chain belt extending from the drum-supporting shaft to said crank-shaft; two chain belts at opposite sides of the supportingframe; a clamp having connection with said last-mentioned chain belts; supporting-rollers for said last-mentioned chain belts; and a chain belt extending from said last-mentioned crank-shaft to one of said rollers.

l5. In a holder for button-staples, in combination, a body portion having two inclined surfaces; two jaws lying adjacent to said surfaces, which jaws are formed fromspring material, and are provided with a loop at their inner ends; an oscillatory shaft; and a stud on said shaft for engaging said loop.

HERBERT C. JONES. Witnesses:

L. L. MILLER, GEO. L. CHINDAHL.

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